MORRISSEY - "SUEDEHEAD" (1988)

Suedehead was the first solo single from Morrissey and,
strangely, charted higher than any single by his former band The Smiths.
It reached #5 in the UK during February 1988 and #2 in Ireland, and was
taken from the debut album Viva Hate.

Morrissey's B-sides are usually pretty good, and this single features a track called Hairdresser On Fire in which he vents his anger at being unable to get an appointment with his stylist when he wants one. Well, I suppose with a quiff like that you need regular visits to the salon!

The video shows Morrissey
(who looks uncannily like Suggs out of Madness) walking through the streets of Fairmount, Indiana which was where James
Dean was brought up in his childhood. So far in his career, Morrissey
has released 33 Top 40 singles in the UK as a solo artist, with five of
these during 1988 and 1989. The second and final single to be released
from the Viva Hate album was Everyday is Like Sunday which reached #9 in the UK.